[20] The PS Vita TV was released in five other Southeast Asian countries and the special region of Hong Kong on January 16, 2014.

[4] System software update 3.15 was released on April 30, 2014, which enabled PS4 remote play functionality for the PS Vita TV.

PS4 Remote Play functionality for the PS Vita TV gained full support with the release of the 1.70 PS4 firmware update.

[33] PC World called the device an amazing invention, praising the opportunity to play Vita and PSP games on the big screen.

[37] The PlayStation TV was heavily marketed alongside God Eater 2 which was released on the same day as the device,[38] and placed at the top of the Japanese software sales charts for that week.

"[39] Andrew Hayward of IGN wrote: "Sadly, anyone with a large Vita library will surely find the incredibly massive holes in the PlayStation TV's compatibility list quite quickly.

The omissions included some of the Vita's heavy hitters such as Uncharted: Golden Abyss, Wipeout 2048, Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, Lumines: Electronic Symphony,[40] Tearaway, Gravity Rush,[41] Borderlands 2, The Sly Collection and others.

"[40] Richard Leadbetter of Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry shared these sentiments, arguing that games such as Wipeout 2048 didn't need to be blacklisted, as it only used the touchscreen for the menus and could be accessed using the DualShock 4's touch pointer emulation: "Life as a PlayStation TV owner can be pretty frustrating - especially when a vast array of mobile Vita titles that should work just fine on the under-utilised micro-console fail to load at all, blocked by their lack of inclusion on Sony's whitelist of approved titles.

"[17] Sean Hollister of Gizmodo complained that even ports of PlayStation 3 games didn't work on the PS TV, including Sound Shapes, Flower and Guacamelee.

Kyle Orland of Ars Technica reported: "some enterprising hackers have apparently gone a long way toward fixing this problem by increasing the PlayStation TV's software compatibility with a simple hack.

"[45] Joel Hruska of ExtremeTech reported that "a full 30 additional titles" from his collection of Vita games were compatible with PS TV Whitelist hack.

[46] J.C. Torres confirmed that Assassin's Creed III: Liberation, Call of Duty: Black Ops Declassified, Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F, Silent Hill: Book of Memories and Gravity Rush were among the titles compatible with the hack.